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Apple throws out plans for Portland store
Just as the battle for Apple Store Boston continues, ifoAppleStore is reporting that Apple has decided not to further pursue plans to construct one of its retail stores in Portland, Oregon. Apple initially showed interest in building a store in the city in November 2005, when it presented the city's Historic Landmarks Commission with a proposed design. The Commission felt that Apple's trademark metal paneled exterior didn't mesh well with the "historical image" of the Northwest District which it is charged with administering. A second proposed design was rejected by the Commission late last month.Apple previously canceled plans for a store in New York City's Flatiron district due to similar problems involving design approvals.
Via MacNN
No, I'm not talking about hitting the Cancel button. I'm
also not talking about hitting Esc. I'm talking about canceling operations. Ever had a page take forever to load, and
you just want Safari to cut it out? You don't really want to close the window, just stop loading whatever wacky CSS
business was loading. Hitting Cmd-Period (that's the Apple and the . key) will stop whatever active process is going,
usually it's indicated by a little blue progress bar. For instance, if you've ever gone to "Save for web..."
in Photoshop, but the image was enormous, that preview can take a minute to load. You can cancel this, resize, and then
preview, all without leaving the Save for web interface window. Using escape would have canceled the save, so cmd-period
has a little niche use here. Cmd-period does cancel things at times, in Finder and "standard" UI dialog boxes
where you have a Cancel or OK option. It's been around forever, as I remember cancelling things all the time on my
dad's SE/30— mostly because I'm an impatient snot. For added fun, cmd-period will open the CD tray when you're in
open firmware.
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